,,.,,,, STREET ANONUMBER: 3 1/2 miles west of Charles Town on Route 51 and miles south of 51 on the O'Sullivan Road (Route 51/11 ClTY OR TOWN;

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1 iqrm (Re). 6-72) UNTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NTEROR NATONAL PARK SERVCE NATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES NVENTORY - NOMNATON FORM (Type a11 entries. complete applicable sections) ENTRY DATE Jefferson FOR NPS USE ONLT [., NAME ( COMMON: Cedar Lawn AND/OR HSTORC: Berry Hill and Poplar Hill.. - [Z,, LOCATfON 1,,.,,,, STREET ANONUMBER: 3 1/2 miles west of Charles Town on Route 51 and miles south of 51 on the O'Sullivan Road (Route 51/11 ClTY OR TOWN; 1 CONGRESSONAL DSTRCT: OWNERSHP n Process Being Considered Government Private Residence West Virginia is. LOCA~~O~J P, (COURTHOUSE. REGSTRY OF DEEDS. ETC: 1 - r - OF-AC DESCR~PT~ON.,.., - li Jefferson County Courthouse ST-REET AND NUMBER: 2: Hl 2 Hl- 2 : ClTY OR TOWN: Charles Town STATE West Virginia CODE,, Historic American Building Survey 1-4 < DATE OF SURVEY: 1937 Federal Stoto 0 County Local z DEPOSTORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: c Division of Prints and Photographs STREET AND NUMBER: Library of Congress ClTY OR TOWN: CODE -- Washington istrict of Columbia 11 o -4 m

2 DESCRPT loh CONDTON (Chmck On*) Q Ercmllmnt 0 C od 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 0 Ruins Unmxposmd (Check Altered 0 Unoltmrmd > SCRBE THE PRESENT AND ORGNAL (if ho~n) PHYSCAL APPEARANCE (Chmck On*) 0 Moved Original Site The main section of Cedar Lawn is a two-story, white-painted brick structure of Federal style. ts roof is hipped and has two central chimney The cornice is plain brick. ts eastern facing front has a one-story Greek revival porch with unadorned pediment. A simple denticulated cornice lies below the pediment and is- supported by fluted Doric columns, The porch steps and square balustrades are wooden. A step and a half, the width of the frontispiece, join the adamesque door, a six-paneled, double-leafed object with elaborate sidelights and fanlight. Metal mullion separate the panes of the latter two into geometric shapea including circle triangles, and bi-pointed ovals. The five windows in the front of the central structure are geometrical placed around the front door; all are twelve pane, double hung, and the central second-story window has sidelights. All have splayed brick lintels - ~ (hardly visible since the building has -been painted) and dark, louvered shutters. To the south of the house proper is a long, one-and-a-half-story kitch en wing. t has windows similar to those of the front of the central section and dark, louvered shutters. To the north of the house is a small, one-story attachment, a more recent addition not mentioned in the 1937 Historic American Building Survey description. t is in keeping with original architectural lines, however, and does not detract from the appearance of the structure. Both wings are nearly flush with the central section, and both have gabled roofs with asphalt shingles. The southern wing has an end and central chimney. The hipped roof section is slate. The southern wall is Flemish bond; all others are common.

3 DEROD (Check One Or Ma0 re Approprfale) a Pro-Colunbian 1 a 16th Century 0 18th Century 0 20th Century 0 15th Contury 0 17th Century 19th Contwy SPECFC DATES) &REAS OF SGNFCANCE (T ~ ppfjc~b~e and K n m 1825 (Constructed) (Chock One a More r e AppraM.te) Abor iginal 0 Educatia a Political 0 Urban Planning 0 Prehistoric 0 Engineering 0 RoligiodPhi. 0 Othor (Specie) Historic 0 ndustry losophy 0 Agricultum 0 nvention 0 Scienco Architecture 0 Landscapo 0 Sculptun oh Architoctun a Socia l/hurnan- 0 Commuco - r] Literature itorian 0 Communications Military Theotar 0 Casorvation C] Music 0 Transportation TATEMENT OF SGNFCANCE Cedar Lawn is historically significant because it was the home of George washington' s great nephew, John Thornton August ine Washington. Of John's many children, four of whom are known in their own right, Lawrence became a lawyer and author who practiced in Chicago and later left for California to write Fifty -- Years Hence. Thornton Augustine was a graduate of West Point and soldier in the Confederate army, serving first on General Lee's staff and then in the Trans-Mississippi department. A third son, Benjamin Franklin, became an organizer of a local group known as the "Forty niner'sl' and accompanied the many thousands in the gold rush to California. John's daughter, Mary, is known locally for her short poem, "Cedar Lawnst1 which expresses her memories of her early home. The Cedar Lawn property had originally been part of the Harewood estate of Samuel Washington and was left to Thornton Washington, the son of Samuel. n 1780, Thornton built a large log and plank house, naming it "Berry Hill" in honor of the Miss Berry he had married. The house, like so many others in the neighborhood, was destroyed by fire, and when t horn ton's son, John Thornton Augustine, inherited the property, he built the present dwelling known as Cedar Lawn. The probable date of constructia is n September 1810, John Thornton Augustine Washington married Elizabeth Bedinger, the daughter of Daniel Bedinger and Sara Rutherford Bedinger. Elizabeth's father was a Revolutionary general; her maternal grandfather was the lower Shenandoah valley's first representative in Congress; her brother, Henry, was also a representative and later President Piercr ' s charge.'. d' affairs to Denmark.

4 'Form UNTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NTEROR STATE (July 1969) NATONAL PARK SERVCE West Virginia (Number d l entrlee) NATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES 3. SGNFCANCE (Continued) NVENTORY - NOMNATON FORM (Continuation Sheet) Jefferson ENTRY NUMBER DATE Cedar Lawn takes its place beside the many Washington homes of Jefferson County, West Virginia, as an excellent example of style and architecture brought to the area by the increasingly mobil eastern families of Virginia. The main section, built in 1825, is of a Federal style with two large chimneys protruding syuunetrically from its hipped roof. On its eastern elevation a onestory Greek Revival portico supported by four columns under a simple pediment adds grace to the neatly kept and well-proportioned house. By the time of JohnThorntonAugustine washington's death in 1841, his children had departed the homestead for other areas or moved to nearby homes, and the property passed from the Washington family. The house, however, zontinued to be a landmark of beauty and witnessed military action during the Xvil War. During August 1864, forces of Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Philip H. Sheridan clashed in the vicinity of Zharles Town. Cedar Lawn was among many famous estates (including Richwood Hal {arewood, Locust Hill and Sulgrave) which were in line of much shelling and shifting of positions. GPO

5 Bushong, Millard K., Historic Jefferson County, Boyce, Virginia: Carr Publishing Co., nc., (pp. 37, 235, 444) Sibson, Susan Gregg. "cedar Lawn." Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society, X1 (Dec. 1946), Dalgarn, David. "washington Family Homes in Jefferson county," in "Annual Report, 1970," - West Virginia Antiquities Commission. Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia Antiquities Commission, (pp ) ORNER LATTUDE LONGTUDE LATTUDE LONGTUDE Degrees Minutes roes Minutes Seconds Do rems Minutes Seconds e '1 e NW. De N E S E 0. 0 SW.... ' 0.PPROXMATE ACREAGE OF NOMNATED PROPERTY: 2 bps : jle/wmo y as RGAN ZATON Ted McGee. Field Agent DATE West Virginia Antiquities Commission 1 April 1973 TREET AND NUMBER: Old Mountainlair, West Virg TY OR TOWN: Morgantown STATE LfAfSONOFFtCER C~RT~F~CA''ON '2'. % lia Unviersity TATE c OD E As the designated State Liaison Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89665). hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been rvaluated according to the c-iteria and procecbres set forth by the National P&k Servxe. The recommeded level of significance of this nomination is:, i.. &" hereby certify that this property is included in the Nations 1 Register. Director. Office of Atcheolopy mnd Ei8toric Premervrtlm Este 'U D+. Leonard M. Davis Title ~+l+p~f p p P S e A Officer Date February 22, 1974 ATTEST: Date Keeper of The National Regiatw $PO 93141

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